Progress means expanding the collective knowledge on know-hows. Before you didn’t know how to make something, now you know how to make something based on years of research that build on existing knowledge. In academia, there is a distinct separation of science and applied science. Progress is a combination of those two. Math is pure science; a lot of it isn’t really directly applicable in the real world. As other fields expand similarly, those knowledge get borrowed in their applied science department. The applied science is always built on top of science. Without science we would have nothing, but without applied science, we wouldn’t have any progress. Science can be verified to various degrees while applied science placing a confidence level on those verification. Consequences may vary and the applications can be good/bad/neutral depending on which context and aptitude you apply.
Plenty of advances in knowledge have nothing to do with science and applied science out of academia. The notion that “Without science we would have nothing” sounds like propaganda out of some academic departments that overrates their importance.
OK I admit that’s a bit too absolute. I wasn’t using the word science to distinguish stuff that don’t follow the scientific method. I’m not sure what to call those. Maybe just human knowledge? I was mainly trying to distinguish pure knowledge that isn’t used to make something tangible vs the method of using those knowledge/science to achieve/make something.
Progress means expanding the collective knowledge on know-hows. Before you didn’t know how to make something, now you know how to make something based on years of research that build on existing knowledge. In academia, there is a distinct separation of science and applied science. Progress is a combination of those two. Math is pure science; a lot of it isn’t really directly applicable in the real world. As other fields expand similarly, those knowledge get borrowed in their applied science department. The applied science is always built on top of science. Without science we would have nothing, but without applied science, we wouldn’t have any progress. Science can be verified to various degrees while applied science placing a confidence level on those verification. Consequences may vary and the applications can be good/bad/neutral depending on which context and aptitude you apply.
Plenty of advances in knowledge have nothing to do with science and applied science out of academia. The notion that “Without science we would have nothing” sounds like propaganda out of some academic departments that overrates their importance.
OK I admit that’s a bit too absolute. I wasn’t using the word science to distinguish stuff that don’t follow the scientific method. I’m not sure what to call those. Maybe just human knowledge? I was mainly trying to distinguish pure knowledge that isn’t used to make something tangible vs the method of using those knowledge/science to achieve/make something.